Art Basel Miami

For the gallery section at Art Basel Miami joségarcía ,mx proposes to conceive a visually attractive device or system that serves as a single broad platform or individual bases as an alternative too, for the presentation of a selection of recent sculptural works by various artists from the gallery –including Rometti-Costales, Eduardo Sarabia, Edgardo Aragón, Mario García Torres, Simon Fujiwara, Christian Jankowski , Tania Pérez Córdova and José León Cerrillo–, in order to pose diverse and current questions around the object, and the concept of object-hood in each of their practices.

The departing point for this selection is a major work by Rometti-Costales produced for an museum solo-exhibition last year, entitled Zobrareca, 2014. This work is composed of a 500 kilogram volcanic rock that has been intervened and painted with acrylic paint in the manner of a zebra pattern; this sculpture poses questions on the possibilities and perspectives that can unfold…